Madge Shelton

Madge Shelton was a cousin of Anne Boleyn and the mistress of King Henry VIII of England.

Biography
Madge Shelton was the maternal niece of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and the cousin of Anne Boleyn. In 1535, Anne discovered that King Henry VIII was one of Shelton's admirers, and Anne pressured her to become the King's mistress, as the Earl of Wiltshire had warned Anne that the King's mistress during Anne's pregnancy had to be a trustworthy person. She also attended to Anne when she miscarried within hours of Queen Catherine of Aragon's death in 1536. Shelton likely died before 1555.